Comparison

PiaBookPlayer vs ANYTIME AK

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PiaBookPlayer

This app displays musical scores from built-in lesson songs and practice pieces on Kawai digital pianos. It allows users to view scores, listen to playback through the instrument, and utilize features like phrase repetition and hands-free page turning via pedals.

Highlights
  • View musical scores
  • Listen to built-in songs
  • Digital score viewer
  • Repeat phrase function
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Bluetooth MIDI connectivity
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"PiaBookPlayer" is a musical score display app for Kawai digital pianos. It allows you to view the notated scores of the many lesson songs and practise pieces built into the digital piano, and listen to them playing back through the instrument. [*] *^ Music playback requires the digital piano be connected to an iPhone/iPad. ・View various lesson song scores Access high quality music scores for the wide variety of lesson songs/practise pieces built into Kawai's digital pianos. ・Listen to built-in songs easily Select the lesson song/practise piece you wish to listen to using the familiar music player app interface. ・Digital musical score viewer Transform your iPad or iPhone into a digital musical score viewer, allowing immediate access to hundreds of professionally created scores. ・Repeat phrase function feature Tap a bar on the score to specify the play position or playing range.  Once the start and stop points are set, the passage will repeat continuously until stopped. ・Hands-free page turning using pedals Turn pages of the musical score using the sostenuto or soft pedals, allowing players to concentrate on their performance. ・Bluetooth MIDI connectivity PiaBookPlayer takes advantage of the wireless Bluetooth MIDI feature built into many Kawai digital pianos, allowing players to enjoy listening to classical pieces and viewing their musical scores from the comfort of an armchair. ■ Included lesson songs/practise pieces Beyer 106 (Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Opus 101) Burgmüller 25 (25 Etudes Faciles, Opus 100) Czerny 100 (Hundert Übungsstücke, Opus 139) Czerny 30 (Etudes de Mécanisme, Opus 849) Sonatinen Album 1 J.S. Bach: Inventionen Chopin Walzer (Chopin waltzes series) Chopin Etudes (Opus 10) ■ Compatible models Please check our website. www.kawai-global.com/piabookplayer

About

ANYTIME AK

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ANYTIME AK-02 app is a companion app for Kawai "ANYTIME AK-02" silent piano. Connect to the AK-02 Sound Box via Bluetooth and operate wirelessly. With simple operation of app, you can adjust tone, reverb and other sound preferences, metronome tempo, rhythm and so on. Performance data recorded on the AK-02 Sound Box can be saved to an iOS device and sent to other users via e-mail, or new performance data can be received and played back on your own AK-02 Sound Box. File sharing allows performance data to be shared with other applications. iTunes file sharing is also supported, so performance data can be managed in iTunes. Features - Sound control : Tone, Reverb, Effect (Chorus, Rotary, Delay), 4 band equalizer, Transpose, User preset - Metronome : Beat, Tempo, Volume - Performance Data : Recording, Playback, Transmission, Sharing - Demo songs - Piano settings : Piano type, keyboard (Touch control, Individual key volume, Black key volume, Key Sensing Range, Note repeat limit), Pedal (Pedal switch point, Damper pedal mode, Damper pedal noise level, soft pedal effect level), Resonance (Damper resonance, String resonance), Tuning, Tuning curve - Sound box settings : Energy saving (Panel LED, Auto power off), Calibration, Backup/Restore, Factory reset

Screenshots

PiaBookPlayer4 screens
ANYTIME AK3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PiaBookPlayer at every 5 months against ANYTIME AK's every 15 months. PiaBookPlayer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PiaBookPlayer ships an update every 5 months, ANYTIME AK every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PiaBookPlayer versus ANYTIME AK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiaBookPlayerANYTIME AK
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 15 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Nissin Electro Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

PiaBookPlayer

No in-app purchases

None

ANYTIME AK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PiaBookPlayer free?
PiaBookPlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ANYTIME AK free?
ANYTIME AK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PiaBookPlayer or ANYTIME AK have ads?
Neither PiaBookPlayer nor ANYTIME AK shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PiaBookPlayer or ANYTIME AK?
PiaBookPlayer ships an update every 5 months, and ANYTIME AK every 15 months. Most recently, PiaBookPlayer was updated on November 3, 2026 and ANYTIME AK on October 27, 2026.

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